Video: OS Boot Speed Test
Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in Videos
Here is a cool video that pits a few operating systems against each other to see which one boots the fastest. The four OSs shown are (from top left clockwise) Ubuntu 9.10, Windows 7, Chrome OS Flow and Ubuntu 9.04.
Flow took about thirty seconds to load, while Ubuntu 9.10 came in second at around forty-eight seconds. Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04 took well over a minute.
It’s not surprising that Chrome OS Flow is the fastest, but according to the initial announcement from the Chromium team back in November 2009, Chrome OS was supposed to be able to boot in “a few seconds”. Does this mean we have a long way to go? It’s possible, but then again Google is going to require manufacturers to have certain hardware specifications for Chrome OS machines, so don’t be surprised if they are serious when they say this.
